Le Consort and Victor Julien-Laferrière - Specchio Veneziano (2021) Hi-Res

"Specchio Veneziano" or the Venetian mirror – this programme compares and contrasts two composers from the city of the Doges: on the one hand the celebrated Vivaldi, on the other a virtual unknown, Giovanni Battista Reali, who was born there in 1681, three years after Vivaldi, and died in 1751, ten years after his illustrious colleague. A violinist himself, he composed trio sonatas, including a very spectacular Folia, which Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Sophie de Bardonnèche, Hanna Salzenstein and Justin Taylor juxtapose with Vivaldi’s Folia, alongside other highly virtuosic pieces, many of them complete rediscoveries, since half of this programme has never been recorded before.
Tracklist
1. Prelude (Improvisation) (0:59)
1. Sinfonia XII, "Folia": Thème (0:50)
2. Sinfonia XII, "Folia": Variations 1 & 2 (Andante) - Variations 3-7 (2:25)
3. Sinfonia XII, "Folia": Variation 8 (1:09)
4. Sinfonia XII, "Folia": Variations 9-16 (2:36)
5. Sinfonia II in D Minor: I. Grave e staccato (1:35)
6. Sinfonia II in D Minor: II. Vivace (1:17)
7. Cello Sonata in E Minor, RV 40: Largo (4:33)
7. Sinfonia II in D Minor: III. Grave (0:52)
8. Sinfonia II in D Minor: V. Allegro (1:06)
9. Sinfonia IV in D Major: I. Grave (1:01)
9. Trio Sonata in F Major, RV 68: Andante (2:27)
10. Sinfonia IV in D Major: II. Allegro (1:31)
11. Concerto in D Major, BWV 972: Larghetto (3:29)
11. Sinfonia IV in D Major: III. Grave (1:14)
12. Sinfonia IV in D Major: IV. Allegro (2:02)
13. Trio Sonata in G Minor, RV 73: I. Preludio. Grave (2:00)
14. Trio Sonata in G Minor, RV 73: II. Allemanda. Allegro (1:50)
15. Trio Sonata in G Minor, RV 73: III. Adagio (1:36)
16. Trio Sonata in G Minor, RV 73: IV. Capriccio. Allegro (0:47)
17. Trio Sonata in G Minor, RV 73: V. Gavotta. Allegro (1:23)
18. Sinfonia I in D Minor: I. Grave (2:11)
19. Sinfonia I in D Minor: II. Allegro (1:35)
20. Sinfonia I in D Minor: III. Grave (2:25)
21. Sinfonia I in D Minor: IV. Allegro (1:26)
22. Sinonia X in A Major: I. Grave (2:41)
23. Sinonia X in A Major: II. Allegro (1:09)
24. Sinonia X in A Major: III. Grave (1:20)
25. Sinonia X in A Major: IV. Allegro (1:13)
26. Sinfonia IX in D Minor: I.Grave (2:31)
27. Sinfonia IX in D Minor: II. Allegro (1:27)
28. Sinfonia IX in D Minor: III. Grave (1:34)
29. Sinfonia IX in D Minor: IV. Allegro (1:11)
30. Trio Sonata in D Minor, RV 63 "Follia": Thème (1:04)
31. Trio Sonata in D Minor, RV 63 "Follia": Variation 1 (Andante) (0:35)
32. Trio Sonata in D Minor, RV 63 "Follia": Variation 2-6 (Allegro) (1:40)
33. Trio Sonata in D Minor, RV 63 "Follia": Variation 7 (0:36)
34. Trio Sonata in D Minor, RV 63 "Follia": Variation 8 (Adagio) (1:08)
35. Trio Sonata in D Minor, RV 63 "Follia": Variation 9 (Vivace) & Variation 10 (Allegro) (0:41)
36. Trio Sonata in D Minor, RV 63 "Follia": Variation 11 (Larghetto) (1:16)
37. Trio Sonata in D Minor, RV 63 "Follia": Variations 12 & 13 (Allegro) (0:34)
38. Trio Sonata in D Minor, RV 63 "Follia": Variation 14 (Adagio) & Variations 15-19 (Allegro) (3:01)